Dr. Muhammad Naveed
Associate Professor/ HOD, Biotechnology
dr.naveed@ucp.edu.pk
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Dr. Muhammad Naveed is a highly accomplished individual who has made significant contributions to the field of Biotechnology. His Ph.D. in Biotechnology (Genomics and Bioinformatics) from Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, for which he received both Ph.D. indigenous and IRSIP scholarships from HEC, is a testament to his exceptional intellect and dedication to his field. In addition, he conducted Pre-Doc research at the University of Ghent in Belgium, further showcasing his expertise in the area. Dr. Naveed’s research primarily focuses on Bioinformatics, Molecular Biotechnology, Nano-informatics, Vaccine Designing, and Drug Designing against infectious diseases. He has served as a mentor to a large number of students over the years, including 86 MSc. and 82 MPhil. students, as well as 2 Ph.D. students.
Dr. Naveed is one of the leading researchers of UCP and his contributions to the field are clearly evident in his impressive publication record which includes 128 research articles with 1086 impact factors, 4050 citations, 1 book, and 3 book chapters. He has also filed 5 patents, exhibiting his creativity and ingenuity. Dr. Naveed’s efforts and dedication have been recognized on multiple occasions, as he was awarded the prestigious “Researcher of the Year” award in 2016 by UoG, and subsequently in 2018, 2019, and 2021 by UCP, for his groundbreaking achievements. It is clear that Dr. Naveed remarkable achievements showcase his trailblazing contributions to his field.
| PhD | Genomics and Bioinformatics (Biotechnology) | Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad | 2015 |
| Associate Professor | University of central Punjab, Lahore | Jan 2021-To Date |
| Assistant Professor | University of central Punjab, Lahore | Oct 2017- 31 Dec 2020 |
| Assistant Professor | University of Gujrat | 2015-2017 |
| Research Associate/Demonstrator | Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad | 2013-2015 |
| Intern | Ministry of Science and Technology | 2007-2008 |
| 1 | Muhammad Naveed, Khusbakht Javed, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Noor ul Ain, Tariq Aziz,. (2023). Halogens engineering-based design of agonists for boosting expression of frataxin protein in Friedreich’s ataxia. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. 27. 6972-6984. (IF: 3.024). |
| 2 | Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Abid Sarwar, Ayaz Ali Khan, Yang Zhennai*, Metab Alharbi, bdulrahman Alsahammari5 and Abdullah F. Alasmari “Comparative genomics of food-derived probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum K25 reveals its hidden potential, compactness, and efficiency” Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14, Online (IF: 6.06) |
| 3 | Muhammad Naveed*, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Noor-ul Ain, Khushbakht Javed, Sarmad Mahmood, Tariq Aziz, Ayaz Ali Khan, Ghulam Nabi, Muhammad Shahzad, Mousa Essa Alharbi, Metab Alharbi, and Abdulrahman Alshammari. "Chain-Engineering-Based De Novo Drug Design against MPXVgp169 Virulent Protein of Monkeypox Virus: A Molecular Modification Approach" Bioengineering, 2023, 10, no. 1: 11. (IF: 5.046). |
| 4 | Muhammad Naveed, Noor ul Ain, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Ayesha Saleem, Ali Zafar (2023). Side chain inset of neurogenerative amino acids to metalloproteins: a therapeutic signature for huntingtin protein in Huntington's disease. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences. 27. 6831-6842. 10.26355/eurrev_202307_33154. (IF: 3.024) |
| 5 | Muhammad Naveed, Noor ul Ain, Tariq Aziz, Khushbakht Javed, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Metab Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alsahammari, and Abdullah F. Alasmari. 2023. "Artificial Intelligence Assisted Pharmacophore Design for Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Leukemia with Gamma-Tocotrienol: A Toxicity Comparison Approach with Asciminib" Biomedicines, 2023, 11, no. 4: 1041. Online . (IF: 4.757). |
| 6 | Muhammad Naveed, Tariq Aziz, Urooj Ali Khan (2023). A one-health approach to design an mRNA-based vaccine candidate against the lumpy skin disease virus as an alternative to live-attenuated vaccines. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. 27. 6401-6413. 10.26355/eurrev_202307_33000. (IF: 3.024). |
| 7 | Hafiz Muzzammel Rehman, Muhammad Sajjad, Muhammad Akhtar Ali, Roquyya Gul, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Shahbaz Aslam, Khyber Shinwari, Munir Ahmad Bhinder, Muhammad Usman Ghani, Mahjabeen Saleem, Mohd Ashraf Rather, Ishtiyaq Ahmad, Adnan Amin. Identification of RdRp inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 through E-pharmacophore-based virtual screening, molecular docking and MD simulations approaches. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 237, 2023, 124169, ISSN 0141-8130, Online (IF: 8.025). |
| 8 | Muhammad Naveed, Noor ul Ain, Tariq Aziz, Khusbakht Javed, Huda Ishfaq, Khalil S, Alharbi M, Alshammari A, Alasmari AF. “A pharmacophore screening approach of homeopathic phenols for a renovated design of fragment-optimized Bauhiniastatin-1 as a drug against acromegaly.” European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. 2023; 27(12):5530-5541. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_202306_32790. (IF: 3.477) |
| 9 | Hafiz Muhammad Rehman, Hafiz Muzzammel Rehman, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Shakira Aslam, Hamid Bashir, Bashir H. “In Silico Investigation of a Chimeric IL24-LK6 Fusion Protein as a Potent Candidate Against Breast Cancer” Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. 2023 23;17. doi: 10.1177/11779322231182560. (IF: 5.8) |
| 10 | Muhammad Naveed, Urooj Ali, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Junaid Rasool, Adil Ijaz, Alharbi M, Alharbi ME, Alshammari A, Alasmari AF “A reverse vaccinology approach to design an mRNA-based vaccine to provoke a robust immune response against HIV-1.” Acta Biochimica Polonica. 2023 Jun 17;70(2):407-418. doi: 10.18388/abp.2020_6696. (IF: 2.329) |
| 11 | Thomson, Azalea & Mchugh, Theresa & Oron, Assaf & Teply, Corey & Lonberg, Nikhil & Tella, Victor & Wilner, Lauren & Fuller, Kia & Articles, & Com, Www & June, Haematology & Https, & Org, Doi & Hagins, Hailey & Aboagye, Richard & Aboye, Melka & Abu-Gharbieh, Eman & Abu-Zaid, Ahmed & Addo, Isaac & Kassebaum, Nicholas. Muhammad Naveed (2023). Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology. 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00118-7. (IF: 24.7) |
| 12 | Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Naveed*, Shafiq ur Rehman, Syeda Izma Makhdoom, Tariq Aziz*, Metab Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alsahammari, and Abdullah F. Alasmari “Molecular Characterization of spa, hld, fmhA, and lukD Genes and Computational Modeling the Multidrug Resistance of Staphylococcus Species through Callindra harrisii Silver Nanoparticles” ACS Omega, 2023, 8 (23)Online. (IF: 4.1) |
| 13 | Muhammad Naveed, Noor ul Ain, Tariq Aziz, Imran Ali, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Khushbakht Javed, M. Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alshammari, A.F. Alasmari “Revolutionizing treatment for toxic shock syndrome with engineered super chromones to combat antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2023, 27 (11). 10.26355/eurrev_202306_32649 (IF: 3.477) |
| 14 | Aziz, Tariq, Muhammad Naveed*, Syeda Izma Makhdoom, Urooj Ali, Muhammad Saad Mughal, Abid Sarwar, Ayaz Ali Khan, Yang Zhennai, Manal Y. Sameeh, Anas S. Dablool, Amnah A. Alharbi, Muhammad Shahzad, Abdulhakeem S. Alamri, and Majid Alhomrani. "Genome Investigation and Functional Annotation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum YW11 Revealing Streptin and Ruminococcin-A as Potent Nutritive Bacteriocins against Gut Symbiotic Pathogens" Molecules, 2023, 28, no. 2: 491. (IF: 4.927). |
| 15 | 15. Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Waseem, Tariq Aziz, Jawad ul Hassan, Syeda Izma Makhdoom, Urooj Ali, Metab Alharbi, and Abdulrahman Alsahammari. 2023. "Identification of Bacterial Strains and Development of anmRNA-Based Vaccine to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus via In Vitro and In Silico Approaches" Biomedicines, 2023, 11, no. 4: 1039. Online(IF: 4.757). |
| 16 | Assad Hafeez, William James Dangel, Samuel M Ostroff, Ayyaz Gul Kiani, Scott D Glenn, Jaffar Abbas, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Saira Afzal, Sajjad Ahmad, Ali Ahmed, Haroon Ahmed, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Ali, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Arshad, Tahira Ashraf, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Sadia Bibi, Zahid A Butt, Jai K Das, Zehra Fadoo, Asif Hanif, Khezar Hayat, Ayesha Humayun, Khalid Iqbal, Usman Iqbal, Nauman Khalid, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Ahmad Azam Malik, Muhammad Naveed. The state of health in Pakistan and its provinces and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Global Health, 2023, Volume 11, Issue 2, e229 - e243 (IF: 38.927) |
| 17 | Muhammad Naveed, Syeda Izma Makhdoom, Shafiq ur Rehman, Tariq Aziz, Farzana Bashir, Urooj Ali, Metab Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alshammari, and Abdullah F. Alasmari. 2023. "Biosynthesis and Mathematical Interpretation of Zero-Valent Iron NPs Using Nigella sativa Seed Tincture for Indemnification of Carcinogenic Metals Present in Industrial Effluents" Molecules 28, no. 8: 3299. Online(IF: 4.927) |
| 18 | Aziz Tariq, Naveed Muhammad, Jabeen Khizra, Shabbir Muhammad Aqib, Sarwar Abid, Zhennai Yang, Alharbi Metab, Alshammari Abdulrahman, Alasmari Abdullah F. “Integrated genome based evaluation of safety and probiotic characteristics of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum YW11 isolated from Tibetan kefir” Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14, 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1157615. (IF: 6.06) |
| 19 | Modasrah Mazhar, Dr. Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Naveed*, Phytochemical Profiling, Biological Activities and In Silico Virtual Screening of Bioactive Compounds of Trichodesma Indicum (L) R. Br. Extracts. ChemistrySelect 2022, 7, e202203821. (IF: 2.307) |
| 20 | Muhammad Naveed,* Syeda Izma Makhdoom, Urooj Ali. 2022. Immunoinformatics Approach to Design Multi-Epitope-Based Vaccine against Machupo Virus Taking Viral Nucleocapsid as a Potential Candidate. Vaccines 2022, 10, 1732. (IF 7.8). |
| 21 | Emily Haeuser, Audrey L. Serfes, Michael A. Cork, Mingyou Yang, Muhammad Naveed*. Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018. BMC Med, 2022, 20, 488. (IF: 11.450) |
| 22 | Muhammad Naveed, * Jawad-ul Hassan, Muneeb Ahmad. 2022. Designing mRNA- and Peptide-Based Vaccine Construct against Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Citrobacter freundii: A Computational-Based Subtractive Proteomics Approach. Medicina 2022, 58, 1356. (IF 3.041). |
| 23 | Muhammad Naveed*, Muhammad Saad Mughal, Khizra Jabeen. 2022. Evaluation of the whole proteome to design a novel mRNA-based vaccine against multidrug-resistant Serratia marcescens. Front. Microbiol. 13:960285. (IF 6.064). |
| 24 | Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Muhammad Naveed. 2022. Dissemination of Water-Mediated Infections due to Torrential Rainfalls Leading to Havoc Floods: A Dreadful Curve for Pakistan. Prehosp Disaster Med. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X22001443. (IF 2.064). |
| 25 | Jahangir Khan, Shazia Khurshid, Abid Sarwar, Tariq Aziz. 2022. Muhammad Naveed. Enhancing Bread Quality and Shelf Life via Glucose Oxidase Immobilized on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles—A Sustainable Approach towards Food Safety. Sustainability 14(21). 10.3390/su142114255. (IF 3.9). |
| 26 | Muhammad Naveed, Khizra Jabeen, Rubina Naz, 2022. Regulation of Host Immune Response against Enterobacter cloacae Proteins via Computational mRNA Vaccine Design through Transcriptional Modification. Modification. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 1621.Online. (IF 4.5). |
| 27 | Muhammad Naveed, Mohsin Sheraz, Aatif Amin. 2022. Designing a Novel Peptide-Based Multi-Epitope Vaccine to Evoke a Robust Immune Response against Pathogenic Multidrug-Resistant Providencia heimbachae. Vaccines 2022, 10, 1300.Online. (IF 7.8). |
| 28 | Muhammad Naveed*, Bakhtawar Bukhari, Tariq Aziz, 2022. Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using the Plant Extract of Acer oblongifolium and Study of Its Antibacterial and Antiproliferative Activity via Mathematical Approaches. Molecules 2022, 27, 4226. (IF 4.95). |
| 29 | Muhammad Asam Raza and Muhammad Naveed. 2022. Designing of Thiazolidinones for COVID‐19 and its Allied Diseases: An In-silico Evaluation. ChemistrySelect 7(36). (IF 2.307). |
| 30 | Azka Rizvi, Muhammad Umer Saeed and Muhammad Naveed. 2022. Evaluation of Bi-Lateral Co-Infections and Antibiotic Resistance Rates among COVID-19 Patients in Lahore, Pakistan. Medicina 2022, 58, 904. (IF 2.948). |
| 31 | Shah Zeb, Mariam Mushtaq and Muhammad Naveed. 2022. Self-Medication as an Important Risk Factor for Antibiotic Resistance: A Multi-Institutional Survey among Students. Antibiotics, 11, 842. (IF 5.222). |
| 32 | Aatif Amin, Muhammad Naveed and Arslan sarwar. 2022. In vitro and in silico Studies Reveal Bacillus cereus AA-18 as a Potential Candidate for Bioremediation of Mercury-Contaminated Wastewater. Front. Microbiol. 13:847806. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.847806. (IF 6.064). |
| 33 | Muhammad Naveed*, Syeda Izma Mahdoom, and M. Aqib Shabir. 2022. The Virulent Hypothetical proteins: the potential drug target involved in bacterial pathogenesis. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. Bentham Science Publishers. ISSN Print: 1560–8530 (IF 3.89). |
| 34 | Muhammad Naveed, Urooj Ali, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari. 2022. A Vaccine Construction against COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis Contrived with Immunoinformatics-Based Scavenging of Potential Mucoralean Epitopes. Vaccines, 10, 664.Online. (IF 7.8). |
| 35 | Muhammad Naveed, Hira Batool, Shafiq ur Rehman. 2022. Characterization and Evaluation of the Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, Anti-Inflammatory, and Cytotoxic Activities of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Brachychiton populneus Leaf Extract. Processes 2022, 10, 1521.Online. (IF 3.5). |
| 36 | Urooj Ali, Muhammad Naveed, Adil Ijaz. 2022. The Outbreak of the Ebola Virus: Sudan Strain in Uganda and its Clinical Management. Prehospital and disaster medicine. DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X22002199 (IF 2.866). |
| 37 | Muhammad Naveed*, Bakhtawar Bukhari, Unai Fernandez-Gamiz. 2022. Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using the Plant Extract of Acer oblongifolium and studying its Antibacterial and Antiproliferative Activity via Mathematical Approaches. Molecule. (IF 4.43). |
| 38 | Tariq Aziz, Abid Sarwar, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Shahzad. 2022. Bio-Molecular analysis of selected food derived Lactiplantibacillus strains for CLA production reveals possibly a complex mechanism. Food Research International 154 (2022) 111031. (IF 8.1). |
| 39 | Rana Muhammad Mateen, Asma Tariq, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Muhammad Ali, Imran Tipu, Muhammad Naveed. 2022. TULP3 NLS inhibition: an in-silico study to hamper cargo transport to the nucleus. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. Online. (IF 5.23). |
| 40 | Muhammad Naveed*, Noor ul-Ain and Muhammad Aqib Shabbir. 2022. Computational Drug Shifting towards Drug-Drug Conjugates and Monoclonal Antibody Conjugates in the Contradictory Excursion of Asthma. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. DOI: 10.2174/1570180819666220422114450. (IF 1.9). |
| 41 | Emma Nichols, Jaimie D Steinmetz, Stein Emil Vollset, Muhammad Naveed. 2022. Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health Online. (IF 50). |
| 42 | Bakhtawer Bukhari, Muhammad Naveed. 2022. A Comparison Between Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles: Prime Nanoparticles for Tumor Curation. Nano Brief Reports and Reviews.Vol. 16, No. 13, 2130011. (IF 1.55). |
| 43 | Muhammad Naveed*, Abdul Samad Mumtaz and Mushtaq Ahmad Saleem. 2021. The Role of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone in Biocontrol Together with Induced Systemic Resistance: A Novel Resource Trialed for Rice Disease Control. International Journal of Agriculture & Biology. 10.17957/IJAB/15.1631. ISSN Print: 1560–8530 (IF 0.82). |
| 44 | Muhammad Naveed∗, Sana Tehreem, Sundas Arshad, Syeda Aniqa Bukhari, Muhammad Aqib Shabbir, Ramsha Essa, Nouman Ali, Sumera Zaib, Ajmal Khan, Ahmed Al-Harrasi∗, Imtiaz Khanh. 2021. Design of a novel multiple epitope-based vaccine: Animmunoinformatics approach to combat SARS-CoV-2 strains. Journal of Infection and Public Health 14. 38–946. (IF: 6.7). |
| 45 | Muhammad Naveed, Bakhtawar Bukhari, Nadia Afzal, Haleema Sadia, Bisma Meer, Tanzeela Riaz, Urooj Ali and Naveed Ahmed. 2021. Geographical, Molecular, and Computational Analysis of Migraine-Causing Genes. J. Comput. Biophys. Chem. J. Comput. Biophys. Chem. 2021, 20 (3), 1–13. DOI: 10.1142/S2737416521500204 (IF: 0.84). |
| 46 | Natalie C Galles*, Patrick Y Liu*, Rachel L Updike*, Nancy Fullman, Muhammad Naveed, Sandra B Munro et al., 2021. Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1. The Lancet, DOI:Online. (IF: 202.731). |
| 47 | Amreen Zahra, Mushtaq A. Saleem*, Hasnain Javed, Muhammad Azmat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Naveed and Abdul Rauf Shakoori. 2021. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Induces a Positive Selection Pressure at Gag-Pol Sites in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Favoring Drug Resistance Mutations. Pakistan J. Zool., pp 1-12, 2021. (IF:0.79). |
| 48 | Kevin S Ikuta, Lucien R Swetschinski, Gisela Robles Aguilar, Fablina Sharara, Tomislav Mestrovic, Muhammad Naveed* Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 The Lancet 2022, Volume 400, Issue 10369, 2221 – 2248 (IF: 202.7) |
| 49 | Ayesha Saleem, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Naveed*, Syeda Izma Makhdoom, Modasrah Mazhar, Tariq Aziz, Ayaz Ali Khan, Zul Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad, Metab Alharbi, and Abdulrahman Alshammari. "HPLC, FTIR and GC-MS Analyses of Thymus vulgaris Phytochemicals Executing In Vitro and In Vivo Biological Activities and Effects on COX-1, COX-2 and Gastric Cancer Genes Computationally" Molecules 2022, 27, no. 23: 8512. (IF: 4.95). |
| 50 | Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Muhammad Naveed and Haroon Ahmed. 2021. Community‑Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Risk Factors Regarding COVID‑19 Among Pakistanis Residents During a Recent Outbreak: A Cross‑Sectional Survey. Journal of Community Health. Online (IF: 5.9). |
| 51 | Michael A Cork, Nathaniel J Henry, Stefanie Watson et. al, Muhammad Naveed. 2021. Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems. BMC Medicine 19(4). Online. (IF: 10.4). |
| 52 | Angela E Micah, Ian E Cogswell, Brandon Cunningham, Muhammad Naveed, Mina Anjomshoa et al., 2021. Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2050. The Lancet, DOI: Online. (IF: 202.73). |
| 53 | Sumera Zaib, Hadiqa Aimen, Urooj Yousaf Virk, Aliya Ibrar, Asma Gul, Muhammad Naveed and Imtiaz Khan. 2021. Structure-Based Virtual Screening of Human. β-Glucuronidase Inhibitors. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. http://DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2021.35.005677. (IF: 1.229). |
| 54 | A Benn Sartorius, John D VanderHeide, Mingyou Yang, Erik A Goosmann, Muhammad Naveed, Julia Hon, Emily Haeuser et al., 2021. Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15–49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a modelling study. Lancet HIV; 8: e363–75. DOI: Online (IF: 16.1). |
| 55 | Muhammad Naveed, Fareeha Nadeem, Tahir Mehmood, Muhammad Bilal, Zahid Anwar and Fazeeha Amjad. 2021. Protease-A Versatile and Ecofriendly Biocatalyst with Multi‑Industrial Applications: An Updated Review. Catalysis Letters. Online(IF: 2.938). |
| 56 | Basit Zeshan, Naveed Ahamad, Abdul Muhaimin Wahab, Muhammad Naveed, 2021. Molecular survey of Campylobacter jejuni in broiler chicken farms in east coast of peninsular Malaysia, Pak J. Zool., pp 1-4, 2021.DOI: Online (IF: 0.711). |
| 57 | Jaimie D Steinmetz*, Rupert R A Bourne*, Paul Svitil Briant, Seth Flaxman, Hugh R Taylor, Muhammad Naveed et al. 2020. Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health; 9: e144–60. DOI: Online (IF: 34.6). |
| 58 | Sundas Irshad and Muhammad Naveed*. 2020. Targeting STAT-3 Signaling Pathway in Cancer for Development of Novel Drugs: Advancements and Challenges. Genetics and Molecular Biology; 43, 1, e20180160 (2020). (IF: 2.41). |
| 59 | Muhammad Naveed1*, Attha Tallat, Ayesha Butt, Shafia Tufail, Komal Kafait Ullah Malik, Maria Khalid4, Nida Bashir, Marium Shehzadi and Faisal Nouroz. 2019. Neuroproteomics in Paving the Pathway for Drug Abuse Research. Current Proteomics. 2019, vol: 16, issue: 4. (IF: 0.768) |
| 60 | Muhammad Naveed1,2*, Muhammad Zubair Mehboob2, Aadil Hussain2, Khadija Ikram2, Attha Talat2 and Nadia Zeeshan2. 2019. Structural and Functional Annotation of Conserved Virulent Hypothetical Proteins in Chlamydia trachomatis: Current Bioinformatics, 2019, 14, 1-9. (IF: 4.85) |
| 61 | Fareeha Nadeem, Tahir Mehmood, Muhammad Naveed, Shazia Shamas, Tasmia Saman, Zahid Anwar, Protease Production from Cheotomium globusum Through Central Composite Design Using Agricultural Wastes and Its Immobilization for Industrial Exploitation, Waste and Biomass Valorization, vol: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00890-9, IF: 2.358, publisher: Springer, 2019. (IF: 3.449) |
| 62 | Naveed Ahmed*, Zeshan B. I, Naveed, M, Afzal, M. 2019. Antibiotics Resistance profile in relation of virulence genes fimH, hilyA and usp for Uropathogenic E. coli isolates Lahore, Pakistan. Tropical Biomedicine Journal. 36(2). 559-568 (2019). (IF: 0.623) |
| 63 | Muhammad Naveed, Sana Tehreem, Muhammad Zubair Mehboob, In-Silico analysis of missense SNPs in Human HPPD gene associated with Tyrosinemia type III and Hawkinsinuria, Computational Biology and Chemistry, vol: 80, pages: 284–291, IF: 1.420, 2019. (IF: 3.1) |
| 64 | Muhammad Naveed, Zeshan Ali, Masooma Khwar. Nauman Khalid. Naegleria fowleri: Swimming with death as the major outbreak in Pakistan. Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 48, No.9, Sep 2019, pp.1741-1742. (IF: 1.429) |
| 65 | Naveed M, Mubeen S, Khan A, Ibrahim S, Meer B. Plasma Biomarkers: Potent Screeners of Alzheimer's Disease. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2019 Aug; 34(5):290-301. doi: 10.1177/1533317519848239. (IF: 3.0) |
| 66 | Amreen Zahra, Muhammad Naveed*, Irfan Ahmad, Mushtaq A. Saleem and Basit Zeeshan. "The syringes catastrophe of the HIV outbreak in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan" Future Virology, vol: 14, issue: 9, pages: DOI: 10.2217/fvl-2019-0084 , IF: 0.730 , 2019. (IF: 3.1) |
| 67 | Muhammad Naveed1*, Attha Tallat, Ayesha Butt, Shafia Tufail, Komal Kafait Ullah Malik, Maria Khalid4, Nida Bashir, Marium Shehzadi and Faisal Nouroz. 2019. Neuroproteomics in Paving the Pathway for Drug Abuse Research. Current Proteomics, 2019, vol: 16, issue: 4. (IF: 0.8) |
| 68 | Aqeel Ahmad, Abubakar Ahmed, Ramsha Essa, Shanzay Baber, Arooj Jamshed, Almeera Shoukat, Tasleem Younas, Mushtaq A. Saleem and Muhammad Naveed*. In-Silico Analysis of Grapevine Germin like Protein (VvGLP3) and its Probable Role in Defense Against Powdery Mildew Disease. Life Science Journal of Pakistan, vol: 1, issue: 2, pages: 16-22 , HEC Category Z, 2019. |
| 69 | Muhammad Naveed*, Mariyam Amin, Shahneela Asif, Ayesha Javed Iqbal, Fazeeha Amjad, Mushtaq A. Saleem. 2019. Emergence of in-silico biology in desperate spheres of life sciences in Pakistan. Pure Appl. Biol., 8(1): 634-655, March, 2019. (IF: 1. 04) |
| 70 | Muhammad Naveed*, Zoma Chaudhry, Zeeshan Ali, Mahnoor Amjad, Fizza Zulfiqar, Ali Numan. 2018. Annotation and curation of hypothetical proteins: prioritizing targets for experimental study. Adv. Life Sci. 5(3): 73-87. (IF: 3.361) |
| 71 | Muhammad Naveed*, Komal Imran, Ayesha Mushtaq. 2018. In-silico functional and tumor suppressor role of hypothetical protein PCNXL2 with regulation of Notch signaling pathway. 21414 | RSC Adv., 8, 21414–21430. (IF: 3. 245) |
| 72 | Muhammad Naveed*, Mohammad Raees, Muhammad Kashif, Irfan Liaqat. 2018. “Clastogenic ROS and Biophotonics in precancerous diagnosis. Front. Biol. DOI: 10.1007/s11515-018-1488-0. (IF: 0.938) |
| 73 | Muhammad Naveed*, Syeda Khushbakht Kazmi, Zainab Asif, Mariyam Amin, Ushna Islam, Kinza Shahid, Sana Tehreem. 2018. Comprehensive Review on the Molecular Genetics of Autosomal Recessive Primary Microcephaly (MCPH). Genetics Research. 101 (3). (IF: 1.588) |
| 74 | Muhammad Naveed, Zoma Chaudhry, Syeda Aniqa Bukhari, Iqra Awan, Nauman Khalid, 2018. Dengue death tolls: A nightmare for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Infection and Public Health. Online. (IF: 3.718) |
| 75 | Muhammad Naveed, Komal Imran, Ayesha Mushtaq. 2018. Computational and pathway analysis of nsSNPs of MED23 gene involved in human congenital diseases. Current Biotechnology. 7 (1): DOI: 10.2174/2211550107666180119154308. (IF: 0.67) |
| 76 | Faisal Nouroz, Shumaila Noreen, Muhammad Naveed, Kafeel Ahmed and J.S. Heslop-Harrison. Identification and Insertion Polymorphisms of Short Interspersed Nuclear Elements (Sines) in Brassica Genomes. Pak. J. Bot., 50(2): 2018. (IF: 0.972) |
| 77 | Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Riaz. Mushtaq A. Saleem, Javed Iqbal Wattoo, Basit Zaman and Muhammad Naveed. 2018. Fungal stress amends phenolic acids, biochemical, bioactivities and phytochemical profiling of Paganum harmala. Journal of BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS & Homeostatic Agents. 32(1): 17-149. (IF: 1.711) |
| 78 | Naveed M, et al. Bioinformatics: The Fate Swap of Biological Sciences in Pakistan. Bioinform Proteom Opn Acc J 2017, 1(1): 000105 |
| 79 | Muhammad Naveed*, Sana Tehreem, Muhammad Usman, Zoma Chaudhry and Ghulam Abbas. 2017. Structural and functional annotation of hypothetical proteins of human adenovirus: prioritizing the novel drug targets. BMC Research Notes. 10(1):706. DOI 10.1186/s13104-017-2992-z. (IF: 1.66) |
| 80 | Muhammad Naveed, safia zia, Maryam akhtar, Fatima Ashraf and Amber afroz. 2017. Molecular Docking and Pharmacokinetic of Highly Specific Novel Pan-Mtor Inhibitors against Solid Tumors. MOJ Proteomics Bioinform 5(6): 00177. DOI: 10.15406/mojpb.2017.05.00177. |
| 81 | Haroon Ahmed, Saira Asif, Shahzad Ali, Mehmoona Naz, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Muhammad Naveed, Sami Simsek. 2017. Impact of epidemiological factors on the prevalence, intensity and distribution of ectoparasites in pigeons. J Parasit Dis. 41(4), pp 1074–108. DOI 10.1007/s12639-017-0936-0 (IF: 1.208) |
| 82 | Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Naveed. 2022. Functional Annotation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum 13-3 as a Potential Starter Probiotic Involved in the Food Safety of Fermented Products. Molecules 2022, 27, 5399. (IF: 4.95) |
| 83 | Muhammad Naveed, Komal Imran, Ayesha Mushtaq, Sana Tehreem, Sami Ullah Khan. The novel therapeutic implications of emerging biotechnologies in diagnostics and treatment of prostate cancer. International Journal of Biosciences.Vol. 10, No. 5, p. 22-42, 2017. (IF: 10.75) |
| 84 | Muhammad Naveed, Mohammad Raees, Muhammad Kashif and Irfan Liaqat. The Darkness Brings Light in the Field of Bio-Communication Through Melatonin Production. Advances in Applied Science Research, 2017, 8(1):50-61. (IF: 3.52) |
| 85 | Muhammad Naveed, Fiza Anwar, Syeda Khushbakht kazmi, Fadwa Tariq, Sana Tehreem, Ghulam Abbas, Humayun Irshad, Pervez Anwar, Aitizaz Ali and Muzamil Mehboob. In Silico Screening and Pathway Analysis of Disease-Associated nsSNPs of MITF Gene: A study on Melanoma. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), Vol. 15, No. 2, February 2017. (IF: 2.4 |
| 86 | D. A. Faran, M. Naveed, U Rashid. DNA Methylation in Cancer Tissues. J Cell Sci Ther., 2017, 8:3. DOI: 10.4172/2157-7013. 1000272. (IF: 5.285) |
| 87 | Nadia Zeeshan, Muhammad Naveed, Irshad, Daud Faran Asif*, Aqeel Ahsan, Muhammad Abrar, and Saad Ghafoor. Stem Cell Technology for the Treatment of Diabetes. J Cell Sci Ther 2017, 8:2. DOI: 10.4172/2157-7013. 1000263. (IF: 5.285) |
| 88 | Bostan, N., Naeem, M., Afzal, M.S., Shah, Z.H., Mustafa, I., Arshad, M., Haider, W., Khan, A.A., Asif, S., Khan, M.R., Ahmad, S.S., Ali, S., Naveed, M. and Ahmed, H*. Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Virus from rural areas of northern Punjab (Sargodha District), Pakistan. Tropical Biomedicine 33(4): 599–607 (2016). (IF: 1.545) |
| 89 | Muhammad Naveed*, Muhammad Matloob, Ubair Aziz, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Zubair Mehboob, Zoma chaudhry, Nadia Zeeshan, Muhammad Irshad, Hira Munir. Structural and Functional Characterization of a Hypothetical protein of Streptococcus Pyrogenes: An In-Silico Approach. Journal of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Biomaterials (JBCBB), 1(2): 54-63, 2016. (IF: 5.12) |
| 90 | Irfan, M., Anwer, Z., Naveed, M., Ayub, H., Amman, M., 2016. HCV Genotypes and Risk factors; Current Scenario in Pakistan. PSM Biol. Res., 01(S1): S1-S5. |
| 91 | Muhammad Naveed*, Syeda Khushbakht Kazmi, Fiza Anwar, Fatima Arshad, Tehreem Zafar Dar, Muddassar Zafar. Computational Analysis and Polymorphism study of Tumor Suppressor Candidate Gene-3 for Non-Syndromic Autosomal Recessive Mental Retardation. 2016. Journal of applied Bioinformatics and computational biology. 5 (2). 10.4172/2329-9533.1000125. (IF: 0.67) |
| 92 | Muhammad Naveed*, Sana Tehreem, Shamsa Mubeen, Fareeha Nadeem, Fatima Zafar and Muhammad Irshad. In-silico analysis of non-synonymous-SNPs of STEAP2: To provoked the progression of prostate cancer. Open Life Sci. 2016; 11: 402–416. (IF: 0.938) |
| 93 | Muhammad Naveed, Komal Tariq and Haroon Ahmad. The life history of Pyrroloquinoline quinone as a versatile bio-molecule with novel impact on living systems. 2016. Molecular Biology 2016, 1(1): 00005. (IF: 6.15) |
| 94 | Muhammad Naveed Haleema Sadia2, Muhammad Irshad1, Haroon Ahmed3and Abdul Samad Mumtaz4. The role of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) in biocontrol and induced systemic resistance, a novel resource trialed for rice disease control. 2016. Crop protection, (Accepted) CROPRO-D-16-00436. (IF: 2.571) |
| 95 | Usman Ali, Muhammad Naveed, Abid Ullah, Khadija Ali, Syed Afzal Shah, Shah Fahad, Abdul Samad Mumtaz. L-asparaginase as a critical component to combat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL): a novel approach to target ALL. 2016. European Journal of Pharmacology. 771; 199–210 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.12.023). (IF: 5.0) |
| 96 | Muhammad Naveed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nauman Khalid, Abdul Samad Mumtaz. Bioinformatics based structural characterization of glucose dehydrogenase (gdh) gene and growth promoting activity of Leclercia sp. QAU-66. 2014. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology; 45(2):603-611. (IF: 2.8). |
| 97 | Malik S. et al., Muhammad Naveed. In Silico Structural and Functional Characterization of a Hypothetical Protein of Vaccinia Virus. Journal of Biochemistry, biotechnology and biomaterials, 2016. 1(1); 28-35. (IF: 1.75). |
| 98 | Muhammad Naveed, Samavia Mubeen, SamiUllah Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nauman Khalid, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Asghari Bano, Abdul Samad Mumtaz. Identification and Characterization of Rhizospheric Microbial Diversity by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing.2014. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology; 45(3):985-993. (IF: 2.476). |
| 99 | Muhammad Naveed, Y. Sohail, N. Khalid, I. Ahmed, A. S. Mumtaz, M. Hofte. 2014. Evaluation of Glucose Dehydrogenase and Pyrroloquinoline Quinine Mutagenesis that Renders Functional Inadequacies in Host Plants. 2015. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology. 25 (8); 1349–1360. (IF: 2.351). |
| 100 | Aitizaz Ali, Muhammad Naveed, Humayun Irshad, Pervez Anwar, and Muzamil Mehboob. An interference aware multi-channel MAC protocol for WASN. International Conference on Innovations in Electrical Engineering and Computational Technologies (ICIEECT). DOI: 10.1109/ICIEECT.2017.7916523. |
| 101 | Quratul Ain, Muhammad Naveed, Abdul Samad Mumtaz* Muhammad Farman, Iftikhar Ahmed and Nauman Khalid. Phytochemical analysis of Hibiscus caesius using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. 2015. Pakistan Journal for pharmaceutical sciences. 28 (7); 1625-1629. (IF: 0.684) |
| 102 | Abdul Shakoor, Amjad ur Rahman, Gul Zaib, Uzma Khan, Yasir Ihtesham, Abdul Aziz Napar, Muhammad Naveed. 2014. Biological screening of Albizia lebbek L. and Mimosa himalayana Gamble (Mimosaceae), Journal of medicinal plant research; 8(20):731-735 (IF: 0.427). |
| 103 | Samiullah Khan, Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Ghulam Mustafa, M. Naveed, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Allan Downie. The LC-MS/MS profiling of AHLS produced in Sinorhizobium meliloti nodulating Alysicarpus bupleurifolius. Pakistan Journal of Botany; 45(6):2037– 2041. . (IF: 0.972). |
| 104 | Sadia Latif, Samiullah Khan, Muhammad Naveed, Ghulam Mustafa, Tasmia Bashir, Abdul Samad Mumtaz. The diversity of Rhizobia, Sinorhizobia, and novel non-Rhizobial Paenibacillus nodulating wild herbaceous legumes. Archives of Microbiology, 196:647-653. (IF: 2.552). |
| 105 | Zubair et al., Muhammad Naveed. “In Silico Prediction and Effect of Non-Synonymous SNPs in CREB1 Protein” Journal of Biochemistry, biotechnology, and biomaterials, 2016. 1(1); 1-49. (IF: 1.75). |
| 106 | Mustafa, G., M.M. Alam,S.U.Khan, M. Naveed and A.S. Mumtaz probing current status of leaf rust resistance genes in Pakistan wheat and designing future breeding, Pakistan Journal of Botany; 45((SI)):415-422. (IF: 0.972). |
| 107 | Mumtaz, A. S., M. Naveed, and Z. K Shinwari, Assessment of genetic diversity and germination pattern in selected cotton genotypes of Pakistan, Pak. J. Bot., 42(6): 3949-3956, 2010 (IF: 0.972). |